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about Indian national congress

Answer 1

The Indian National Congress ( pronunciation ) (INC, often called Congress) is a broad-based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.[a][10] From the late 19th-century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants.[11]The Congress led India to independence from Great Britain,[b][12][c][13] and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire

Answer 2

=Indian National Congress

AbbreviationINCPresidentRahul GandhiParliamentary ChairpersonSonia Gandhi[1]Lok Sabha leaderMallikarjun Kharge[2]Rajya Sabha leaderGhulam Nabi Azad(Leader of the Opposition)[3]Founder

Allan Octavian HumeDadabhai NaorojiDinshaw Wacha

Founded28 December 1885(132 years ago)Headquarters24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001[4]NewspaperCongress SandeshStudent wingNational Students Union of IndiaYouth wingIndian Youth CongressWomen's wingAll India Mahila CongressLabour wingIndian National Trade Union CongressMinority wingMinority CongressMembershipc. 20–40 million[5]Ideology

Social democracyDemocratic socialismSocial liberalismIndian nationalismGandhian socialismSecularismProgressivism

Political positionCentre-left[6]International affiliation

Progressive Alliance[7]Socialist International[8]

Colours     Sky blue[9][10]ECI StatusNational Party[11]AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance (UPA)Seats in Lok Sabha

49 / 545

[12](currently 528 members + 1 Speaker)Seats in Rajya Sabha

50 / 245

(currently 244members)[13]Number of states and union territories in government

4 / 31